Jeremy Guscott: Englands failings at the breakdown means there is no continuity

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My belief is that England have to go back to basics. Where you might be able to excuse last weekend’s performance against France because it was effectively a Grand Slam decider, complete with unbelievable tension and injury concerns, I am not inclined to do so where this performance against Wales is concerned.

One of the first things international players have got to get absolutely spot on, is how to carry the ball into contact and set it back in a way that gives the clearers a target. In other words, you go into contact on your own terms. You get